Cynical of bland statements about the use of markets in public services. Privatising should not be the last act of Government in the provision of services, because this permits the myth that privatisation improves quality when it actually reduces cost. Government should regulate public service providers extensively, as hospital cleanliness has recently shown. 

Education should be equal but the syllabus should be defined to a greater extent on a local level. Markets do not work in education, because to accept markets is to accept winners and losers. As such, they do not remedy failing schools but simply increase the gap. 

Liberal on law and order. Focus should be on prevention rather than retribution. Habitual offenders should get increasing sentences, but for the purpose of longer courses of rehabilitation. Community service is always better for young offenders than the prisons, the universities of crime, where people are removed from the society they need to be better integrated into. Also, community service prevents the problems associated with re-entering society, in particular finding work. 

Neutral on Europe and will vote on legislation on a case by case basis. 

Centrist on Foreign Policy. In the aftermath of Iraq, lessons need to be learnt about integrity and international law, in order that the public can trust use of force as a last resort once more. 

Distrustful of uber nationalists. It is not improper to love one's country, as the most suitable place to live and most natural to their culture. However, it is improper to think Britain is better, because it is a baseless nonsense that cannot be substantiated. 

International Development should be given a higher priority. 